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TonyDuell · 13th May 2021, 4:45 am

FWIW the ASR33 punch (and reader) are horrible things.... I certainly wouldn't use either for working with a lot of data. And I wouldn't put any tape I cared about on said reader, it's roughly like playing a rare LP on a Dansette with a mono cartridge (!)

Blank tape (as in the new reels I have) is totally unpunched, but I can easily run off a few feet of tape with sprocket holes on one of my punches. Incidentally the hole spacing for normal (not 'typesetter') tape is on a 0.1" matrix so bits of stripboard can be used to make splicing jigs, etc.

13th May 2021, 4:45 am	#20
TonyDuell Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Biggin Hill, London, UK. Posts: 5,222	Re: MK14 computer with a OK-80a paper tape reader - what data required for the paper FWIW the ASR33 punch (and reader) are horrible things.... I certainly wouldn't use either for working with a lot of data. And I wouldn't put any tape I cared about on said reader, it's roughly like playing a rare LP on a Dansette with a mono cartridge (!) Blank tape (as in the new reels I have) is totally unpunched, but I can easily run off a few feet of tape with sprocket holes on one of my punches. Incidentally the hole spacing for normal (not 'typesetter') tape is on a 0.1" matrix so bits of stripboard can be used to make splicing jigs, etc.